Topic: Any ps3 emulators? (Read 2647 times)

they do work but they can't be as good as the "real" thing, the games will be slower then on an actual PS

Emulators do work.

emulators not working

That's not true. Emulators use anything available to them, including a GPU. Else we wouldn't have N64 emulator, PS2 emulators, Gamecube Wii emulators that only run depending on how powerful of a GPU you have.

If there was a PS3 emulator you would have to buy a computer that cost over $10,000 just to play. If you like the game so much, just buy a used PS3, and support the developers and buy the game new.

They could do that via GPGPU

if there comes a non-buggy  and fully working emulator our PCs probably won't be able to handle those PS3 games

besides a PS3 isn't that expensive now, it would cool to buy, I would like to own it just because of the PS Move

Pointless?

Until a proper replacement for Burnout 3 comes along, it is far from pointless!

ps2 emulator still has some performance drops which is quite annoying but I get to play the old fallout game on there so I'm not complaining to much.

Why wants the difference? ps4 and xbox one are more power hungry so it would be more difficult.

XBOX 360, PS4 and XBO emulator are more possible than a supposed PS3 the architecture is too different and too complexe to emulate

Well yes, you are right. It would be outdated and appealing to few people only but that is the way things works in emulation world.

It would be pointless then just like ps2 emulation is not good now.

Emulation is not easy task, but in 10 years full PS3 emulation might be real.

So soon we might be able to emulate more primitive brains? ;

So I guess anyone claiming they know/have a emulator is talking shit and is likely to be a virus?

The specs surpass a console, sure, but remember that you're not running the console's code, you're emulating it.  If you built your own console that could run PS3 code directly, you could blow the visual quality of it out of the water.  But a computer is not capable of running PS3 code directly, only of emulating what the PS3 is doing.  An emulator takes each bit of code for a game, and says "ok, if I was a PS3, what would I do with this?"  This happens in real-time, and only using the CPU, not the GPU.  Because it cannot use the GPU, the graphics are difficult and slow to render.  It is way, way, way, way less efficient than running the code directly on the console, which is why even the highest-end computers couldn't emulate the PS2 until a few years ago, and why today's highest-end computers aren't even close to being powerful enough to emulate the PS3 yet.

Another way to look at it is our modeling of the physical world around us.  Scientists can emulate a brain's neural network, but it takes hours to emulate a single second of brain activity, even on a huge supercomputer, because computers work differently than our brains.  Brain activity running on brains is really fast, because that's what brains are made for.  Brain activity running on computers is really slow, because that's not what computers are made for.  Likewise, console code running on a console runs fast because that's what the console is made for, but console code running on a computer is slow because the computer has to pretend it is a console, and it's not possible to actually fully utilize all of the hardware that a computer can offer.

I haven't heard of any good PS3 emulators either.

Even high end gaming PCs? I imagined you could build yourself a PC to the specs you wanted, far surpassing any consoles?

Think about it this way.  Emulators cannot use a computer's GPU chip.  It uses the CPU to do both CPU work AND graphics rendering.  The PS2/PS3/PS4 has a dedicated graphics chip for handling graphics.  Until the CPU is fast enough to emulate what the built-in graphics chip does on the console, it cannot render those games properly.  And CPU's are generally TERRIBLE at rendering graphics in the first place because they aren't special built for the purpose (and no, the built-in GPU on the latest core processors can't be used for emulation either).

So, emulators use sheer CPU bruteforce to emulate graphics that would be much more efficiently emulated on a GPU made for the purpose.

It's like using a sail to get a car down the dragstrip instead of an engine.  If you have a big enough sail, you might be able to go faster than a Ford Model T, but you're still not going to be competing with modern vehicles that have the proper propulsion for the application.

Really? I don't know much about console or PC gaming but I find that hard to believe.

TL;DR version for everyone, Current PC power is too low to fully emulate PS3 games. Stop searching.

Oh I forgot to add that if you wanted a ps3 emulator you would probably be expecting it when the ps5 comes out 

Agreed. Used PS3+Last of us won't cost too much and maybe you even will save it for yourself since there are a lot of good games such as GTA5, GoW etc.

+1

Why waist your time with searching for an emulator.

There is no emulator that will properly emulate PS3 games at this time.  PC's aren't powerful enough to emulate the PS3, and won't be for years to come.  It was only recently that PC's became fast enough to emulate the PS2 well, and the PS2 is (obviously) far behind what the PS3 is capable of.

My advice is this:  Buy a used PS3, and a used copy of The Last Of Us.  Play through it, then sell it all again.  You won't lose much, if anything, if you don't save it for long.

One of the reasons I was looking for a emulator I wouldn't play many other games on the console and would probably end up in selling it after I get bored of the game maybe the developers are planning on making a pc version of the game.

For me it really doesn't seem worth it. No game will. It'll probably take at least 40 really good games to buy any console. PC gaming is the way to go and only one game won't change this statement.

You have only played on it 6 times since you bought it? sounds like a waste too me I will play it 100s of times and complete it around about 10 times knowing me.

The only reason I bought a ps3 recently was because of the last of us and it was worth every $ I spent I have played around about 6 times now.

I've watched the last of us being played from start to finish and it really did play with my emotions and I was addicted and watched it two times after that now I just want to get the feel of playing it to even though I know the story I would love to play it.

WIth the PS4 released you will be able to pick up a ton of second hand PS3's  for decent prices.
Why spend so much time on emulation which will always be laggy and buggy.?

The Last of Us was amazing. So was Uncharted 2 and Heavy Rain. I think those games alone and others like Max Payne 3, God of War 3, GTAV, etc all justify a PS3's price tag if you enjoy videogames.

No emulators for PS3 that I know of. But it's pretty cheap by now, like $100, you're gonna be a bitcoin millionaire don't be so cheap!

I've been trying to get PS3 games running on emulators but without success.

My pc is pretty good but I don't think there is any confirmed emulators so looks like I'll have to buy a ps3 if only it was on the ps4.

Even if you get a working emulator, you'll still need a beefy rig since they eat uo resources pretty fast.

this video seems legit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VEnSJwhVeA

at least it has lots of likes

but bear this in mind

Most of the ones I have come across are not legit and install viruses can you send me one which be legit?

Plenty. Just google or search for a torrent.

I really want to play the last of us but don't want to buy a new console just to play that game no other games interest me but it was crowned best game of 2013 and I have only heard positive reviews about the game. So are there any emulators?